Hand-stamp.



H. S. FOLGER.

HAND STAMP. I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, I914.

Patented June 8, 1915.

HARRYS. FOLGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAND-STAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented June 8, 1915.

Application filed March 2,1914. Serial N0. 822,081.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY S. FOLGER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHand-Stamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hand stamps and has for its object improvementsin devices of that character.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view; Fig. 2 is atransverse section, partly in elevation; Fig. 3 is a modification ofFig. 1; Fig. 4 is a modification of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a section ofline 55 of Fig. 4.

The stamp cushion 6, carrying type faces 7, is secured in a sheet metalbox consisting of a top plate 5 having three edges or sides 4 turneddownward to inclose three sides of;

the cushion 6. The fourth side 10 is somewhat longer than the othersides and is bent upward to form a card holder.

The top plate 5 and the sides 4 constitute a stamp mount, and in thecenter of the plate 5 issecured a screw 8, and on this screw is a stamphandle 9. The upwardly projecting part 10 is made into a card holder bypunching from opposite edges thereof the teeth 11 to form a channel intowhich the card may be slipped. In Figs. 1 and 2 this channel ishorizontal by reason of the teeth 11 being struck from the upper andlower edges of the part 10. In- Fig. 3 the channel is vertical by reasonof the teeth 11 being struck from the opposite ends of the part 10. Inthis last case additional teeth are struck from the lower edges of thepart 10 to hold the inserted card from slipping downward in its channel.

In Fig. 4 the vertical card-holdingchannel is formed by bending theedges 12 into a groove for holding the edge of the card.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for To prevent the card fromslipping downward in the groove the lower edge is closed by cutting thelip 12 and bending it inward as shown at 13. Into thecard-holdingchannel formed in any of-these ways may be slipped a cardbearing an inscription indicating what the stamp is.

It will be observed that the stamp mount and the card holder are madecomplete out of a single piece of sheet metal, and that the"construction is simple, cheap and effi-.

cient.

What I claim is:- V

1; In a hand stamp, a sheet metal plate havingone portion bent at anangle to the other portion, one of'said portions serving as a stampmount and being provided with meansfor the attachment of a handle, andthe other of said portions having teeth punched therefrom and formedinto a card holding channel locatedat the side of and above the stamp.

2. In a hand stamp, a metal plate having a horizontal portion serving asa stamp mount anda vertical portion serving as a card holder, thehorizontal portion being provided with means for the attachment of ahandle and the vertical portion having parts thereof out and bent fromthe remain ing parts to form a card holding channel.

3. In a hand stamp, the combination with a stamp body and a handle, of acombined stamp and card holder formed of a single plate having one edgebent to form the card holder and theother stamp box.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois this 24th day of February 1914.

s HARRY S. FOLGER.

I Witnesses: I. CASPER L. Rnnrrnm), WALTER H. Rnnrrano.

five cents each, by addres'singthe fGommissioner of Iatents.

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